NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY
TO HOST "JEOPARDY!" COLLEGE CHAMPIONSHIP

CULVER CITY, CA (July 28, 2005) – Jeopardy! producers announced plans today for the Emmy award-winning quiz show to tape its 2005 Jeopardy! College Championship at the RBC Center at North Carolina State University in Raleigh on October 1st and 2nd. Featuring fifteen students from some of the nation's top colleges, the tournament will pay off with a grand prize of $100,000 in cash to the Champion. The episodes will air nationally from November 7th – 18th, 2005 (check local listings for station and time). Locally, the series airs on ABC11 at 7:00pm.

"The Raleigh-Durham-Fayetteville area is a great college-oriented community including many of the country's finest educational institutions," said Jeopardy! Executive Producer Harry Friedman. "Essentially, it's an ideal location and a complementary fit to host the 2005 Jeopardy! College Championship. We've been working for several years with our partners at ABC11 to make this a truly memorable event."

"We are absolutely thrilled to bring a national treasure like Jeopardy! to North Carolina for the first time," ABC11 President and General Manager Bernie Prazenica said. "It is a tremendous opportunity to showcase to millions of viewers around the world our exceptional colleges and universities, as well as our wonderful communities, friends and neighbors that make this such a special place to live."

"It's only natural that great achievers assemble in Raleigh and the Research Triangle for the Jeopardy! College Championship," said James L. Oblinger, chancellor of North Carolina State University. "We're pleased to serve as the host campus for the championship and display to the nation our world-class academic community."

This year's College Champion is guaranteed a $100,000 cash prize, and a specially designed trophy. The second place contestant is guaranteed a minimum of $50,000, and third place pockets a minimum of $25,000. In the first week, each player will appear in one of the five episodes. The winners of each of these shows, along with the next four highest money earners, will go on to the semi-finals. In the second week, the nine semi-finalists will compete in three episodes for a place in the two-game final match. (Semi-finalists receive $10,000, and players eliminated in the first week receive $5,000.)

Tickets for the general public will be made available for the tapings. Beginning July 29th, Jeopardy! fans may pick up ticket applications at participating Leith Automotive dealers throughout the area or in advertisements in the News and the Observer and the Fayetteville Observer. For more information and details, please visit http://www.jeopardy.com, http://www.abc11tv.com or call the Jeopardy! hotline at (919) 682-WTVD (9883). Ticket entries must be postmarked no later than August 22nd.

In late August, the Jeopardy! contestant team will spend six days in the North Carolina area auditioning students from local colleges and universities interested in being on the show. The "Brain Bus" events will take place on campus at the following schools:

AUGUST 23:
North Carolina State University; Raleigh, NC 12:00-2:30pm
AUGUST 25:
Fayetteville State University; Fayetteville, NC 12:00-2:30pm
AUGUST 27:
Multi-College event at The Streets of Southpoint Mall; Durham, NC 10:00-2:30pm
(The event above is open to all undergraduate college students)
AUGUST 30:
University of North Carolina; Chapel Hill, NC 11:30-2:00pm
AUGUST 31:
North Carolina Central University; Durham, NC 12:00-2:30pm
SEPTEMBER 1:
Duke University; Durham, NC 11:30-2:00pm

Jeopardy!, has won 25 Emmy awards since its debut in 1984, including this year's award for Outstanding Game Show. It was recently listed among "The Greatest Game Shows of All Time" by TV Guide, and continues to be a ratings champion. The series is the #1-rated quiz show in syndication, and has held that title for over 1,000 weeks.

Jeopardy! is produced by Sony Pictures Television, a Sony Pictures Entertainment Company, and is distributed domestically by King World Productions, Inc The U.S. episodes are distributed internationally by CBS Broadcast International (CBI). King World International Productions, a subsidiary of CBI, sells and produces format versions worldwide.

7/29/2005 9:27:07 AM

dont post this for the world to see, you will ruin my chances

7/29/2005 9:39:17 AM

Where the hell is "The Raleigh-Durham-Fayetteville area"?

7/29/2005 10:50:38 AM

well, three points make a triangle

[Edited on July 29, 2005 at 10:53 AM. Reason : but yeah, that sounds stupid]

7/29/2005 10:53:14 AM

Goddamnit, why did I have to go and graduate in MAy

7/29/2005 10:58:09 AM

do they give you a book to study before the interview?

7/29/2005 10:58:13 AM

this is what its doing in here

what is "getting hot" alex

7/29/2005 11:07:51 AM

Quote :

"The Raleigh-Durham-Fayetteville area is a great college-oriented community including many of the country's finest educational institutions"

What the hell?

7/29/2005 11:10:35 AM

they totally said fuck Chapel Hill, HAHAHAHHAHAHAAH

I wish I were still here, that would be awesome

7/29/2005 11:23:00 AM

Fayetville State University represent!

7/29/2005 11:23:50 AM

Why the hell you gotta post this for everyone to see!!!! looks like i'll be camping out wherever the "brain bus" will be... i'll have to skip class, too...

7/29/2005 11:24:24 AM

^^^ When you live in a place like LA or Atlanta, an hour or so away is part of the metro area. They probably thought CH was too close to make a Triangle, har.

7/29/2005 11:25:16 AM

I'm going to wager $texas

7/29/2005 11:29:04 AM

undergrads only?

7/29/2005 11:38:29 AM

i think instead of Fayette-nam they meant the People's Republic of Chapel Hill

7/29/2005 12:03:50 PM

where on campus?

i can see trebek walking into withers 218, saying "to hell with this place", and leaving

7/29/2005 12:17:03 PM

when can I try out?

7/29/2005 12:52:17 PM

Quote :

"well, three points make a triangle"

except that connecting these points results in something more akin to a line

7/29/2005 12:54:55 PM

hey lucy, sorry i was so goofy the other day, its that

7/29/2005 12:57:35 PM

^^ hate to bust your balls ovaries... but look at a map... that looks like a fairly textbook scalene triangle, but ok

[Edited on July 29, 2005 at 1:09 PM. Reason : gender]

7/29/2005 1:05:43 PM

bah...why couldn't they have indicated this earlier, when i signed up to audition in memphis? now, i'll just have to hope to get a ticket to the filming

7/29/2005 1:26:29 PM

LOL they're goin to fayetteville.....thas gonna be great. Lowest scoring game...ever.

and it's not going to be 'on-campus' the camera/sound guys who did some promo filming said RBC center. I was with 2 friends and they filmed us doing it, as well as a group of 4 girls in front of the atrium. Got a free sportsbottle for doin it, jus hummed the jeopardy tune, should be on tv this week/next.


bob

[Edited on July 29, 2005 at 2:17 PM. Reason : ]

7/29/2005 2:15:22 PM

college jeopardy is the easiest thing ever

8/1/2005 12:26:36 PM

wonder how many folks will be trying to hit all 5 of the local events...

[Edited on August 1, 2005 at 4:39 PM. Reason : ]

8/1/2005 4:39:01 PM

you can only go to the ones at your university, and then the multi-college one at the mall (if I read that correctly)

8/1/2005 6:33:43 PM

This thread needs the Jeopardy Song embedded.

8/1/2005 10:07:02 PM

YEA FINALLY GOD DAMMIT.

now that i have graduated, the easy ass college tourney decides to come to my school.

the adult tryouts picked my name once out of probably 5 years of submitting my name online & i ventured out to Atlanta, where i failed to answer 80% right on my test. i even lost my free Jeopardy inkpen they gave me

SUCK IT TREBEK

8/1/2005 10:23:38 PM

THE DAY IS MINE!!!

8/1/2005 10:44:16 PM

Do we need to sign-up before Aug 23rd?

8/2/2005 5:08:04 PM

Does anyone actually know anything about the auditioning process, or even where on campus the auditions are going to be?

8/6/2005 10:17:20 PM

For regular Jeopardy the auditioning goes something like this: You go and take a general knowledge/trivia test. No idea how many questions or how long it takes. If you score well enough, the throw you into a mock Jeopardy game. If you do well there (probably in both points and personality) then I think you get on the list of contestants for the show.

8/7/2005 2:07:07 PM

there can't be a personality requirement... when someone's "wacky" thing about themselves is they have 3 hamsters or their favorite color is chartreuse or their kid did something cute this morning, that signifies otherwise to me.

8/7/2005 2:15:30 PM

Anyone go?

8/23/2005 6:24:50 PM

yeah I got pwnt by the 50-question test...had 10 blanks I couldn't even pretend to guess on, and at least another 3-4 that I knew were wrong. Had to get 35, so obviously I didn't get that far

8/23/2005 6:39:58 PM

ambrosia1231 got called back for more testing

8/23/2005 6:42:30 PM

yeah........my brother did too, I was just wondering what it was exactly. I wish I was an undergrad.

8/23/2005 6:48:42 PM

Quote :

"forkgirl: I was just wondering what it was exactly."

They had a 10-question "pre-test" at from 12-2pm for anyone interested. About 100ish folks got 7 or more right on that one and took the standard test they give folks in Cali at 5pm. You had to get 35 out of 50 for that, which whiddled the room down to about 10 folks. They'll be staying behind for interviews, and also to play a practice version of the game.

IIRC one of the contestant people said something about folks could try out for the adult version of the game while the Brain Bus is in town. not sure how exactly, but I'd come to the one @ Southpoint on Saturday and see what to do if you're interested

[Edited on August 23, 2005 at 7:02 PM. Reason : ---]

8/23/2005 6:57:29 PM

It was actually closer to 200ish people whittled down to 9. I think they are taking 6 more from a 730 seating of folks that passed the pre-test.

Also, what he said was once you are 18 you are eligible to try for the regular version of the game. If you got to stick around, you were apparently thrown into the eligible contestant pool, which is likely to be 100 or more people from all across the country

8/23/2005 8:24:05 PM

I was one of the nine.

We did a little interview and they'll tell whoever they pick in early September.

8/23/2005 8:47:06 PM

Who else made it?

COngrats

8/23/2005 8:47:44 PM

got pwnt by the pre-test.

(I bet I got the hard one)

8/23/2005 8:48:32 PM

I didn't see anyone I recognized as a wolfwebber, and I lurk the photogalleries enough that I should know.

Pink or blue, Shivan?

8/23/2005 8:52:25 PM

What kind of questions did they have?

I kinda wished I would have tried out, so I could show-up GrumpyGOP

8/23/2005 8:57:01 PM

GG Grumpy!!! I *really* hope an NCSU person gets on the show and pwns all, that would rule supremely.

I'm just hoping for tickets for the taping, I want the RBC Center pimped out so ppl watching see NC STATE everywhere

8/23/2005 10:32:03 PM

So if you go to the southpoint one do you have to be there from 10-230?

8/23/2005 10:39:06 PM

TGD, i think i sat beside you this evening.

GOP - where were you?

8/23/2005 10:41:16 PM

gg Grumpy. I had the purple sheet.

8/23/2005 10:55:12 PM

Is anyone going tomorrow?

9/30/2005 11:08:47 PM

I'm going Sunday.

9/30/2005 11:19:03 PM

if anyone has extra tickets i'll come pick them up

10/1/2005 12:49:50 AM